Guidebook for Watertown
Shopping
The Spirited Gourmet
448 Common Stwonderful selection of children's toys, household goods, fabric and yarn, crafts, etc.
Hollingworth 5 and 10
89 Trapelo Rdwonderful selection of children's toys, household goods, fabric and yarn, crafts, etc.
Food Scene
Good teas and coffees, brunch options, lunch options. Walkable from our house.
7 locals recommend
Vicki Lee's
105 Trapelo RdGood teas and coffees, brunch options, lunch options. Walkable from our house.
Russell House Tavern
14 John F. Kennedy StGreat upscale burgers, some local fare
Family friendly and iconic Boston-area seafood restaurant. This one is the Harvard Square location.
105 locals recommend
Legal Sea Foods
100 Copley PlFamily friendly and iconic Boston-area seafood restaurant. This one is the Harvard Square location.
Harvard Square restaurant and bar. Good for adults, not great for kids.
101 locals recommend
Alden & Harlow
40 Brattle StHarvard Square restaurant and bar. Good for adults, not great for kids.
Essentials
Whole Foods Market
400 Cambridge RdStar Market
370 Western AveParks & Nature
Inspired playground and splash park. Immediately behind the playground find a beautiful meadow with gentle slopes and trails, great for summer jogs and winter sledding. Woodland trails can be found in Beaver Brook Reservation the other side of Trapelo Road and Mill Street.
Beaver Brook Splash Park and Playground
621 Trapelo RdInspired playground and splash park. Immediately behind the playground find a beautiful meadow with gentle slopes and trails, great for summer jogs and winter sledding. Woodland trails can be found in Beaver Brook Reservation the other side of Trapelo Road and Mill Street.
Acres of beautiful trails - at its best in summer and fall.
Mass Audubon's Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
10 Juniper RdAcres of beautiful trails - at its best in summer and fall.
Garden in the Woods
180 Hemenway RdAcres of native flora, hiking trails, a wonderful shop.
Arts & Culture
Wonderful intimate museum with a hand-pulled glass botany exhibit that will blow your mind, minerals exhibited in beautiful wood and glass display cases, a variety of dinosaur, bird and animal exhibits.
151 locals recommend
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford StWonderful intimate museum with a hand-pulled glass botany exhibit that will blow your mind, minerals exhibited in beautiful wood and glass display cases, a variety of dinosaur, bird and animal exhibits.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington AveIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans WaySightseeing
Harvard University
3 Oxford StreetMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
77 Massachusetts Ave